The gentleman at the pet store assured me that the yellow canary I had just purchased was a male and as such would delight me with song.
A few weeks later I noticed some odd behaviour of him tearing up pieces of newspaper from the bottom of his cage and putting that paper into his seed bowl. This went on for a few days and then one morning there was a pretty little blue egg. Quite clearly he was not a he but a she!
By the end of that week we had four little motley coloured eggs of the prettiest blue hue.
Such gorgeous little eggs. And oh no on being a girl. We inherited a Little Corella from my grandfather in the late '70s. We don't know how long my grandfather had him for, but Pal joined our family. 10 years later he laid an egg. Whoops, all those years we thought she was a he.
What a beautiful photo of the eggs! Do you think she'll care for them enough (under her circumstances) that they might hatch? I caught a male canary in our back yard (over 10 years ago) He's a singer, but not all year long.
Beautiful colours and textures!